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Record Creator: | Evans, Daniel J. |
Description: | This scrapbook covers Daniel J. Evans governorship in the State of Washington, January through May 1971. There are 304 pages in this scrapbook, and each page measures 14 x 11.5 in. Dominant subjects include the closure of Northern State Hospital, the Governor’s Ball, Chehalis River flood, Hanford nuclear reactor shut down, revenue sharing, Richard Nixon, state employee pay increases, Governor’s conference, Spiro Agnew visits Washington, Bruce Evans meets Spiro Agnew, Mark Evans breaks his leg at school, Department of Transportation, general-fund budget and the 42nd legislature. Pages may include photographs, newspaper and article clippings, correspondence, speeches, promotional materials, memorabilia, and ephemera. This scrapbook is volume 22 of 40.
The scrapbook can be browsed page by page. Pages are numbered as they fall in the scrapbook (ex: “p003” is page 3 of the scrapbook). Some pages include overlapping or folded items. In these cases, the pages are imaged so that each item can be seen. Items on a page are named a, b, c, and so on (ex: “p003_a” is item a on page 3 of the scrapbook). Some items include multiple pages, such as brochures, booklets, and periodicals. These items are given an item name, followed by a page number (ex: “p003_a_08” is page 8 of item a on page 3 of the scrapbook). The Daniel J. Evans Scrapbooks cover the years 1956-1976 and 1983-1988. There are 40 scrapbooks in this collection. |
Related Records: | For more information, or to learn about related records, contact the Washington State Archives at (360) 586-1492, or email [email protected]. |
Access Restriction Notes: | These scrapbooks are open for research. |
Sources of Transfer | State Government Archives |
Notes | Digitized by the Washington State Archives, Imaging Services. |
Agency History: | Daniel Jackson Evans (b. 1925) served in the Washington State House of Representatives from 1957-1965, as Governor of Washington from January 11, 1965 – January 12, 1977, and as a United States Senator from September 8, 1983 – January 3, 1989. |
Preferred Citation: | Preferred Citation: Governor Daniel J. Evans, Jan. – May 1971, Daniel J. Evans Scrapbooks, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov, [date accessed]. |
Record Count: | 461 |